Stumbling Stones Isestraße 23

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alice Maschke (born 1912, murdered in Minsk)
Hedwig Augenstern (born 1867, murdered in Minsk)
Georg Fränkel (born 1869, murdered in Theresienstadt on 8-2-1943)
Henriette Fränkel (born 1877, murdered in Treblinka)
Erich Wilhelm Maschke (born 1900, murdered in Minsk)
Dr. Herbert Michaelis (born 1898, murdered in Berlin-Plötzensee on 14-6-1939)
Gertrud Seidl (born 1883, murdered in Sobibor)

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Hamburg.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com